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CONNECTIONS Q4 2025 5DUTIES:Primary duties include supporting the IP network infrastructure that interconnects all of our SECV locations. While all of the services are important the most important service now is IP video. The IP network we maintain carries the IP video service from Birdsboro to all of our customers.This network is continuing to grow daily so requires constant monitoring and upgrading.BACKGROUND/EDUCATION:%u2022 Out of high school I went to college for 2 years to study accounting. During this time, I met my wife and decided to drop out of college, get married and join the Army. 3 decisions my parents were not pleased with. I served 4 years in the US Army. My job was in the military intelligence field, Signal intelligence, non-morse intercept. I was stationed in Berlin Germany for 3 years and we were there when the Berlin wall came down. After my 4 years%u2019 service, we returned home and I worked construction for a few years. I decided construction wasn%u2019t my future and looked to go back to college. I found a new 4-year degree being offered, data communications, IP networking. Sounded pretty cool so I signed up. After completing my degree, I was employed at Unisys for 2 years and then was hired by Comcast as a network engineer. I was at Comcast for 20 years and worked in various roles and saw the beginning of IP video delivery. Eventually my position was eliminated. One of my jobs at Comcast had me work with SECV to provide IP video to Birdsboro. When my position was eliminated, I reached out to Jim Dorsa and here we are.ACCOMPLISHMENTS:%u2022 When I started at SECV and working with Chris Poudrier and Scott Page they identified a few projects that needed some help getting over the finish line. With their assistance we were finally able to decommission an old network that was a project years in the making. Next, I was able to get one of our network monitoring tools configured. With the increased role of the IP network, it%u2019s critical we continually monitor the throughput of our network and are able to react before it reaches capacity. Finally, it%u2019s not quite an accomplishment yet but a work in progress. We are migrating all of our core IP services from Cisco to Arista. The Cisco platform will be end of life soon so we%u2019ll be better prepared moving forward and there is a substantial cost savings by migrating to Arista.PERSONAL INFO:%u2022 I say I did life a little different. Remember when I was 19 I dropped out of college, got married and joined the Army. All decisions that didn%u2019t seem logical at the time. Well, after my 4 years in the Army and some construction, I went back to college and graduated with a BS degree in IP networking. A degree that has served me well and has got me to where I am today. %u2022 As for the Army, after my 4 year of active duty I served an additional 17 years in the Army National Guard and Army Reserves. I retired in 2010 with over 21 years military service. %u2022 As for the beautiful woman I married, we are still married and just celebrated our 37th anniversary. We have a beautiful daughter and two grandchildren. We enjoy spending time with the grands and campingat Knoebels.Lee BoatmanNetwork EngineerWITH SECV4 years